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The Valken VSL Hopper! We heard about the VSL about two weeks ago, when Valken launched their new sponsorship program VPC. At the time we reached out to Valken to try and get some info on the loader, but they were keeping very quite. UPDATE: Just got done talking with Valken. As of now there is no set release date but should be soon and should be priced at $129.99. Will run on 3 AA batteries, 200…

Everyone is copying everyone. When Dye came out with the Dye UL pants, a lot of people thought they were crazy for releasing a pant that had zero padding. Now it looks like Dye started the trend and it just took the rest of the industry and the players to catch up. We now have HK Army, GI Sportz, Empire, Carbon and Planet Eclipse all making there version of the Dye UL Pants. That being said…

The HK Army HSTL line is a mid-level priced jersey, pant and elbow pad. Absolutely love this. There are not enough competitively priced paintball pants and jerseys on the market. There is the Empire Prevail line and Exalt T4 pants but that is about it. HSTL Pants – Will sell for $100, super good deal, as long as the quality is there. From the pictures they look like a lesser version of the Hardline pants. HSTL…

It seems like strapless is the new thing! We now have HK Army, Bunker Kings, Carbon and GI Sportz all making a variation of a strapless harness. The GI Race 2.0 harness has been a long time coming, the original Race harness had been in production for years with only minor changes. The new version of the Race harness features an all new strapless design with “Variable Pod Pocket Expandability”. From the looks of it the…